At Vidalia in Washington DC sommelier
Doug Mohr harmonizes New World wines with Chef RJ Cooper’s
modern American dishes but doesn’t hesitate to make bolder,
unexpected matches that stretch as far as Spain. Cooper’s
quail dish is a musing in early fall colors and ingredients and
the little bird is stuffed and sliced in the fashion of a traditional
roulade and even presented foot-on. But the presentation and the
complimenting sauce—with all the sharpness and playfulness
of dressed-up ketchup—renews the French roulade in visual
style as well as taste. The upshot is a contemporary American
dish whose European roots are mischievously implied by Mohr’s
sophisticated Old World wine pairing. It’s this internationally
boundless imagination and sense of playfulness that best define
Mohr’s wine pairing style. The results, like Mohr, are bold,
imaginative and hearty without overpowering the dishes’
flavors.

Restaurant

Vidalia
1990 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.659.1990

Who

Sommelier Doug Mohr is the
gate-keeper to a wine wonderland at Vidalia and delights
in matching Chef RJ Cooper’s dishes with equally nuanced
wines. With quirky titles on his well-composed wine list and
special wine flights like “Mineral Rocks” and
“Old Vines and New Wines,” Mohr brings the wine
experience down to earth and makes complimenting wine and
food accessible and fun.